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layperson

person who is not ordained into priesthood or monastic order
Class type of: believer Q10317028

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
believer[1]
Part of
Christian Church, laity[2][3]
Different from
lay preacher[5]
Female form of label
laywoman, laikino, laïque, Laiin, laică[6][7][8][9][10]
Male form of label
layman, Laie[11][12]
Opposite of
Christian cleric[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en layman en layperson en laywoman ar علمانيون كاثوليك de Laie de Laiin es seglar es laica es laico es lego es secular fi maalikko fr laïc id kaum awam ja 信徒 nl leek pl wierny świecki pt leigo ru Мирянин tr din adamı
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85073990
GND ID
4034117-3
BabelNet ID
13883712n
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121xcpnv
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007550990405171
Quora topic ID
Layperson
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
Wellcome Collection concept ID
senxy5wk
Yale LUX ID
concept/e9c9c101-6f81-4ac0-8e1a-478aaf78955a

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🔗 Connections
← Occupation 7
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón, Pauline Jaricot, Montserrat Grases, Giuseppina Suriano, María Esperanza de Bianchini, Sakari Ainali
Part of 2
Christian Church, laity
Different from 1
lay preacher
Subclass of 1
believer
Subtypes 1
Catholic laity
← Different from 1
lay preacher
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  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. 15d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'laywoman'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'laikino'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'laïque'} +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'sw', 'tr']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: laică"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wellcome Collection concept ID → senxy5wk
    Topic's main category → Wikidata item
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → believer
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007550990405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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